Bug#364582: [Pkg-spca5xx-devel] Bug#364582: spca5xx-modules-i386:
Recommend on non-Debian package
Kel Modderman
kelrin at tpg.com.au
Mon Apr 24 12:12:38 UTC 2006
Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> Package: spca5xx-modules-i386
> Severity: serious
>
> Hi
>
> Your binaries contain a line "Recommends: spcacat, spcaview, spcaserv",
> but Im unable to find those packages in Debian (or in Provides).
>
> Thats against Policy 2.2.1.
>
> --8<------------------------schnipp------------------------->8---
> In addition, the packages in main
>
> * must not require a package outside of main for compilation or
> execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends",
> "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main
> package)
> --8<------------------------schnapp------------------------->8---
>
>
Indeed, and apologies. Those recommends snuck into control.modules.in of
the spca5xx-source package in my over-anxiousness to have spcaview in
debian.
Fixed in pkg-spca5xx SVN.
Thanks, Kel.
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